Shloka 15
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
Devanagari script
सर्वपापापहमिदं चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्
Transliteration
sarvapāpāpaham idaṃ caturvedasamanvitam
Translation
风神伐由说道：“此（教诲/圣言）能除尽一切罪垢，并具足四部吠陀之精髓与权威。”
Word by Word
सर्वपापापहम्removing all sins
सर्वपापापहम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वपापापह
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्endowed with the four Vedas
चतुर्वेदसमन्वितम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्वेदसमन्वित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Wind-god)T
the Four Vedas (Caturveda)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts that the instruction being presented is spiritually purifying—capable of removing all pāpa—and that it carries Vedic completeness and legitimacy, being ‘endowed with the four Vedas’ (i.e., aligned with Vedic dharma and its highest purport).
Vāyu-deva, as the speaker, is endorsing the forthcoming or just-stated doctrine as exceptionally authoritative and efficacious: it is not merely advice but a Veda-consistent teaching presented as a means of moral and spiritual cleansing.